HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 7177 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Rejoinder Affidavit is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 3. The accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.429 of 2025 under sections 85, 80(2) BNS and section 3/4 DP Act, P.S. Kotwali Nagar, District Gonda. 4. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was married to the son of the applicant on 02.12.2024 and sufficient dowry was also given, however on account of non-payment of dowry, the entire matrimonial family had killed the daughter. The cause of death, as per the postmortem report, is ante-mortem hanging and apart from the ligature mark, contusion injuries were noticed on the left side forearm and the right side leg above ankle joint, which cannot be linked with the cause of death. 5. Considering the said submissions and the fact that the applicant is the mother in law and there being no specific allegation against the applicant of having caused the mental or physical harassment to the deceased soon before her death in relation to demand of dowry, the applicant who is in custody since 16.07.2025 and has no criminal history is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Nadeem Murtaza, Pallav Shukla, Parmanand Sharma, Shashank Tilhari Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Ramakar Shukla Susheela Sharma .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Let the applicant Susheela Sharma be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to her furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions: (a) The applicant shall execute a bond to undertake to attend the hearings; (b) The applicant shall not commit any offence similar to the offence of which he is accused or suspected of the commission; and (c) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence. October 13, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 7177 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench